Dawn Fraser

Fraser

Dawn J. Fraser is a humorist, storyteller, and national speaker based out of New York City. She is an Instructor with the storytelling organization ‘The Moth’, and the Host of ‘Barbershop Stories’, which features performers sharing true tales in NYC salons. Then she chops off their hair. Dawn works with students, entrepreneurs, and business professionals to enhance their leadership potential, and through her firm Envision Admissions has consulted thousands of students to utilize personal narratives as part of their application strategy. She received a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, and was presented with the Barbara Jordan Award for Women’s Leadership due to her work connecting the arts to social change. Dawn has spoken at notable events including TED@NYC, and has been a featured performer along with Neil Gaiman on The Unchained Tour. She loves being a twin, a Trinidadian and tweetable @ dawnjfraser

Topics covered

Cultural Arts, Community Building and Strategies that Inspire Action

New Media Strategies to Promote Arts Activism

If you would like to plan a speaking event with Dawn, please email her at dawnfraser [at] post.harvard.edu